Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder

Pack, Jason

ISBN 10: 178738568X / ISBN 13: 9781787385689

Published by Hurst, London, 2021

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Summary:We no longer live in a world governed by coherent international coordination, a unified NATO bloc or an American hegemon capable of solving collective action problems. The post-Cold War Order is history. 'Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder' argues that Libya's ongoing conflict constitutes an ideal microcosm for examining the salient features of this new era of geopolitics, especially its self-reinforcing nature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder
• Publisher: Hurst, London
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178738568X
• ISBN 13: 9781787385689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • International Relations
  • Africa

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Synopsis

We no longer inhabit a world governed by international coordination, a unified NATO bloc, or an American hegemon. Traditionally, the decline of one empire leads to a restoration in the balance of power, via a struggle among rival systems of order. Yet this dynamic is surprisingly absent today; instead, the superpowers have all, at times, sought to promote what Jason Pack terms the 'Enduring Disorder'. He contends that Libya's ongoing conflict--more so than the civil wars in Yemen, Syria, Venezuela or Ukraine--constitutes the ideal microcosm in which to identify the salient features of this new era of geopolitics. The country's post-Qadhafi trajectory has been moulded by the stark absence of coherent international diplomacy; while Libya's incremental implosion has precipitated cross-border contagion, further corroding global institutions and international partnership. Pack draws on over two decades of research in and on Libya and Syria to highlight the Kafkaesque aspects of today's global affairs. He shows how even the threats posed by the Arab Spring, and the Benghazi assassination of US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, couldn't occasion a unified Western response. Rather, they have further undercut global collaboration, demonstrating the self-reinforcing nature of the progressively collapsing world order.